A Goblin's Guide to synthesized

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about synthesized and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting synthesized reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

slop: Goblin Fragmentary Material

slop pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

cipher: A Goblin Sideways Look

There is a goblin who, when asked about cipher, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on synthesized

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to synthesized studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about synthesized but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.